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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what does skew mean

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

got a dictionary?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nope

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

pitty, maybe you should get one, well, check wikipedia or something

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i mean skew in geometry like triangles etc

OpenStudy (tkhunny):

Other than symmetrical

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

asymmetrical?

OpenStudy (tkhunny):

Pretty much, but it may be more restrictive. A "skew" distribution may have some relationship to a symmetrical distribution. "Asymmetrical" may be a little more general. I'm not certain there is a technical need to distinguish them all that well.

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